No, I’m sorry, “MB111” was the correct answer! But as a consolation prize for playing you’ll receive a gift certificate from Spiegel, a Spidel watch band and a copy of our home game!
Leeroy Stagger
— Depression River (Boompa) :: Stagger Lee serves up another haunting slab of country rock. “The forest is burnin’ from a half-lit cigarette; take what you can, go as far as you can get” is the kind of line Busta “Nursery Rhyme” Dylan wishes he could still write.Ad Astra Per Aspera
— Catapult Calypso (Sonic Unyon) :: Smart enough to be good musicians but stupid enough to let a mental retard scream their vocals on Track 1, thus ensuring that I never got to Track 2.Blinded Colony
— Bedtime Prayers (Pivotal) :: Meet the new dross. Same as the old dross.The Blue Van
— Dear Independence (TVT) :: Pseudo-sloppy and portentously pretentious in a rote Romantics wannabe way.New Year’s Day
— New Year’s Day (TVT) :: Chirpy perky femme-inflected pouty power pop with a breathy dash of Mercurial punkette posturing.The Nein
— Luxury (Sonic Unyon) :: Dissipated and disjointed, this ambitious aural collage evokes Beatle John at his most experimentally nonracist wasted.Royal Wood
— A Good Enough Day (Dead Daisy) :: Piano-driven gospel-fuelled melodies merge with soulful singing and Claptonesque guitar playing. Mucho recomendado.Various Artists
— The Family Values Tour 2006 (Firm) :: Thrashasaurs Korn and the Deftones defer their extinction with this dynamic album of caustic rock songs. Bonus points for not including Fred Durst.Shaw/Blades
— Influence (VH1) :: Mellosaurs Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades extend their distinction with this delightful album of classic rock songs. Bonus points for not including Rod Stewart.SIZZLING PLATTER OF THE WEEK: Of Montreal
— Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (Polyvinyl) :: Robin Scott’s M meets Bill Nelson’s Red Noise via Ron and Russell’s Sparks on this Eurofried synth-pop art rock album. Miss it at your own risk.Ten Second Epic
— Count Yourself In (Black Box) :: Until these guys listen to the Diodes and hear how professionals do it, count me out.Next Week: Meet the Diodes
This article appears in Mar 21-27, 2007.
